Holding(s) in Company

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| TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   | Xtract Energy Plc |
| issuer of existing shares to which voting     |                   |
| rights are attached:                          |                   |
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|                                                                   |
| 2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                               |
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|                                                             | Yes |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                 |     |
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|                                                             |     |
| An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which   |     |
| may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to   |     |
| which voting rights are attached                            |     |
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|                                                             |     |
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights            |     |
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|                                                             |     |
| Other (please specify):                                     |     |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to | Lehman Brothers            |
| notification obligation:             | International (Europe) (in |
|                                      | administration)            |
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|                                      | N/A                        |
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if   |                            |
| different from 3):                   |                            |
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|                                      | 17/03/09                   |
| 5. Date of transaction (and date on  |                            |
| which the threshold is crossed or    |                            |
| reached if different):               |                            |
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|                                      | 19/03/09                   |
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |                            |
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|                                      | Below 3%                   |
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |                            |
| or reached:                          |                            |
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|8: Notified Details                                                                      |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                      |
|                                                                                         |
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|Class/type of|Situation previous to the     |Resulting situation after the triggering    |
|shares       |triggering transaction        |transaction                                 |
|If possible  |------------------------------+--------------------------------------------|
|use ISIN code|Number of   |Number of voting |Number  |Number of voting |Percentage of    |
|             |shares      |rights           |of      |rights           |voting rights    |
|             |            |                 |shares  |                 |                 |
|             |            |                 |--------+-----------------+-----------------|
|             |            |                 |        |        |        |        |        |
|             |            |                 |Direct  |Direct  |Indirect|Direct  |Indirect|
|-------------+------------+-----------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------|
|GB00B06QGC57 |33,450,000  |33,450,000       |Below 3%|Below 3%|N/A     |Below 3%|NA      |
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|B: Financial Instruments                                                   |
|                                                                           |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                       |
|                                                                           |
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|Type of   |Expiration|Exercise/  |No. of voting rights that may |Percentage|
|financial |date      |conversion |be acquired (if the instrument|of voting |
|instrument|          |period/date|exercised/converted)          |rights    |
|----------+----------+-----------+------------------------------+----------|
|N/A       |          |           |                              |          |
|          |          |           |                              |          |
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| Total (A+B)                                           |
|                                                       |
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| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
|-------------------------+-----------------------------|
| Below 3%                | Below 3%                    |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if |
| applicable:                                                       |
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| N/A                                                               |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of proxy holder:                                   | N/A |
|                                                             |     |
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to      | N/A |
| hold:                                                       |     |
|                                                             |     |
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting    | N/A |
| rights:                                                     |     |
|                                                             |     |
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| 13. Additional information: |                   |
|                             |                   |
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| 14 Contact name:            | Mark Harris       |
|                             |                   |
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| 15. Contact telephone name: | [phone] |
|                             |                   |
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